Otis wins largest single contract
Otis wins largest single contract in Indian elevator industry's history. The elevator and escalator company will provide 670 units to the Hyderabad Metro Rail...
CycloCable the Bike Lift
Cyclocable® is perfectly in line with the Sustainable Development and EcoMobility initiatives of today’s cities.
The concept
Cyclocable is a cable lift that is specifically adapted...
Schindler Now Offers PORT Technology with 400AE MRLS
The Schindler 400AE™ machine room-less traction elevator is now available with the company’s PORT Technology destination-dispatch system as an option. With this technology, the...
TK Elevator: 20 Years of TWIN
"In the world of urban mobility and sustainable building design, TK Elevator marks a significant milestone as it celebrates 20 years of its revolutionary...
Spanish Builders Forgot to Scale Up Elevators
The Intempo skyscraper in Benidorm, Spain — standing proud in this image — was designed to be a striking symbol of hope and prosperity,...
Hyundai Elevator marked 30 years in business
Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun urged Hyundai Elevator to become the “only one” in the global elevator industry as the nation’s largest elevator manufacturer...
Theresa Christy – The Ups and Downs
You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.
As a mathematician...
KONE JumpLift debuts in North America
KONE Inc announced the first North American installation of KONE JumpLift technology in One Bloor, Great Gulf's flagship high-rise condominium under construction in Toronto.
KONE JumpLift, which...
27 Schindler 400AE in Bexar County, TX
Schindler Elevator Corporation has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract with University Health Systems to supply and install 27 energy-efficient, machine room-less Schindler 400AE...
Latest from Leroy-Somer
At the Interlift elevator show in Germany, Control Techniques and Leroy-Somer – sister companies in Emerson Industrial Automation – have previewed new ranges of variable...
Invertek sells millionth VFD drive
Invertek Drives is celebrating reaching the historic milestone of selling in excess of one million variable frequency drives worldwide. The current production rate is...
World’s fastest elevator at 60 km/h
As skyscrapers get taller, elevators are getting faster.
The new ones travel as fast as a car on a city street at over 60 km/h.
In...
The tallest outdoor elevator in the world!
If you suffer from a fear of heights, perhaps this one's not for you.
The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, carries...
Schindler increasing efficiency?
What if robot technology could help us further increase efficiency safety and even diversity on construction sites while allowing elevator technicians to focus-on what...
Kone acquires Ascent Elevator
KONE has acquired the San Francisco-based business of Ascent Elevator Services, Inc., an independent elevator company with a significant share of the service market...
Key safety step missed!
St Pete Beach, FL, USA - It could be months before investigators know exactly why an elevator at the TradeWinds Island Resorts fell on...
KONE replaceing 128 escalators in Washington D.C.
KONE Inc. is announcing a $154 million deal to build escalators for Washington, D.C.’s mass transit system at its Coal Valley plant.
That’s the largest...
China drafts law on the elevator safety
China's legislature on Wednesday reviewed a draft law on the safety of special equipment including elevators, boilers, cranes and large recreation facilities.
The draft was...
Manitoba requires regular inspection on EDPPD
Inspections and Technical Services Manitoba (ITSM) has announced that elevating devices for persons with disabilities (EDPPDs) will now be subject to regular inspections and will require...